Osro Cobb
| Osro Cobb | |
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| State Representative from Montgomery County, Arkansas | |
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In office 1927–1930 |
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| Arkansas Republican Party State Chairman | |
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In office 1932–1955 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew J. Russell |
| Succeeded by | Ben C. Henley |
| Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1936 | |
| Preceded by | George Ledbetter |
| Succeeded by | Charles F. Cole |
| Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court | |
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In office January 11, 1966 – December 31, 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 28, 1904 Hatton, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 1996 (aged 91) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Audrey Umsted Cobb (married 1938–1976, her death) |
| Children |
One adopted son |
| Parents | Philander and Ida Sublette Cobb |
| Residence | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | United Methodist |
(1) Audrey Umsted Cobb (married 1938–1976, her death)
One adopted son
Osro Cobb (May 28, 1904 – January 18, 1996) was a Republican lawyer who worked to establish a two-party system in the U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1926, he was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from Montgomery County and served as the only Republican member in the chamber for two two-year terms. He was the United States attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas during the Little Rock Crisis of 1957–1958. He served a year on the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1966 as a temporary appointee of Democratic Governor Orval Faubus.
Cobb was born near Hatton in Polk County, Arkansas, to the lumberman Philander Cobb (born 1869), who in 1916 was an active supporter of the Republican nominee, Charles Evans Hughes, who narrowly lost the election to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. Cobb's mother was the former Ida Sublette, a songwriter, playwright, poet, and the author of four books. In his memoirs, Cobb recalls that his mother "always made me feel that I was destined to do great things and make a meaningful contribution to my state and country of which she would be proud. She instilled in me the belief that by doing my very best, almost any objective I might seek would be within my grasp. She was right."
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